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surface ice [2 records]

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Record 1 2012-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Ice formed at the surface of a body of water.

CONT

Surface ice growth has little effect on sediments except when ice masses are physically commingled with sediments in fluvial or wave turbulence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

[...] la fonte des glaces de surface s’accélère entrainant un glissement substantiel du socle et l’immersion du Groenland dans des eaux de plus en plus chaude.

OBS

glace de surface : terme inusité au singulier.

Key term(s)
  • glaces de surface

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Thick (1-4 m) masses of sheets of ice (icings) formed on a river's flood plain in winter, when shoals in the river freeze solid or are otherwise dammed, so that water under increasing hydrostatic pressure is forced to the surface and spreads over the flood plain where it freezes in successive sheets of ice.

OBS

"Aufeis" is the technical term for the "glaciering" or "icing" that form during winter where emerging ground water freezes, often encroaching onto highways and rails.

OBS

aufeis: a German term used in English.

OBS

naled: a Russian term for icing; aufeis. Plural: naledi.

OBS

aufeis: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

Key term(s)
  • naledi

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Glace qui se forme lorsque l'eau d'un ruisseau ou d'une nappe souterraine gèle sur de la glace préexistante.

OBS

Mot allemand.

OBS

aufeis : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Glaciología
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Hielo formado cuando el agua de los arroyos o el agua subterránea emerge y se congela sobre hielo ya existente.

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